I subscribed to Consumer Reports for many years, and have followed their advice quite often, and was happy with my purchases. Consumer Reports bases their reviews on their own tests, and they also base the product reliability on the annual reviews that thousands of CR subscribers submit.
The articles about the fitness equipment are generally good, but they are limited to just the few manufacturers tested. There are often many other excellent manufacturers that are not mentioned, for no other reason than CR didn't choose to test them or include them in the article. Otherwise, I would place some degree of confidence in the overall ratings of the products.
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